The split in the IRA and Sinn Féin led to the establishment of An Phoblacht as the national republican newspaper in January 1970. Six months later republicans in the Six Counties founded Republican News under the editorship of Jimmy Steele.

In this article, Sinn Fein Leas Uachtaran Michelle O'Neill argues that as we rebuild the economy following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we now have an opportunity to create a fairer, greener economy for all.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the execution of Kevin Barry on 1 November 1920. His prison execution is well remembered but less well known is his activity as an IRA Volunteer in the months before his death.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the execution of Kevin Barry on 1 November 1920. His prison execution is well remembered but less well known is his activity as an IRA Volunteer in the months before his death.

Of course I realise that we are all having to adapt to a new reality, but I do think that residents of Basingstoke and Deane should be getting some sort of rebate of council tax as compensation for having services withdrawn.

The main exports were machines, vehicles, and devices for lifting, transporting, loading or unloading, unalloyed steel wire, vegetables, ready-made knitted or textile goods, paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymers in non-aqueous media.

The staff meeting discussed the basic concepts of the exercises, reconciled the main aspects of their organization, logistics support, and the preliminary composition of the forces that will take part in it.

Hi-de-Hi campers, I am back again with a nice suntan from sitting in my garden watching the butterflies and the bees enjoying the flowers. I am growing a crop of strawberries and blackberries alongside such plants as lily of the valley and my bana...

Children of key workers from Ashcott Primary School have spent the last few months of lockdown in school and have been busy tending to the school allotment every day, growing a huge range of healthy vegetables.

Shining a light on one man’s plight during the Windrush immigration scandal, Sitting In Limbo is essential viewing, says lead Patrick Robinson. But it lends itself to a wider conversation too, he tells Gemma Dunn.

The two Russian diplomats who were expelled by the Czech government this
week will leave the country on Sunday, the deputy head of the Russian
government agency Rossotrudničestvo Michail Bryukhananov, for whom
diplomats work, told t...

More than half of Czechs (57 percent) who were planning holidays abroad
have cancelled their plans due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to
the results of a poll conducted by the company Fair Credit. Those who do
plan to go abro...

A total of 1.2 million people in the Czech Republic and 53 countries around
the world streamed the 11 live concerts featured within this year's
Prague Spring Music Festival which went online due to the coronavirus
pandemic. The ...

London Assembly Conservative leader, Susan Hall, is totally wrong about the public response to Dominic Cummings flouting lockdown rules. He did not act as any other parent. Thousands of parents in the same position have not travelled long distance...

Ground control to Captain Tom: commencing countdown, fundraisers on. Oh yes, the old boy done good and managed to go ‘viral’. We Brits love an underdog, generally of a sporting persuasion - I refer you to Eddie of the Eagle and Frank of the Br...

On Saturday (June 6) hundreds of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter movement marched through Kingston like many thousands of others around the UK and the world demanding racial justice and an end to police brutality.

One of Estonia’s wealthiest businessmen, CEO and owner of Graanul Invest Raul Kirjanen finds that while the Estonian government has done a good job containing the coronavirus crisis, a foolish decision was also made.

Even though the government said already on April 24 that struggling national airline Nordica would be paid support of €30 million, the company has not seen a single cent. Nordica CEO Erki Urva describes the situation as depressing.

Cities and rural municipalities cannot use €70 million in extraordinary national investment support for already budgeted renovation and construction work, meaning projects need to be reshuffled at breakneck speed to avoid losing access to support.

The emergency situation in Estonia lasted for 66 days. We are breathing air increasingly free of restrictions for the third week. President Kersti Kaljulaid (50) takes a look back at what has been an extraordinary time at work. She believes the crisi...

One of Estonia’s wealthiest businessmen, CEO and owner of Graanul Invest Raul Kirjanen finds that while the Estonian government has done a good job containing the coronavirus crisis, a foolish decision was also made.

Even though the government said already on April 24 that struggling national airline Nordica would be paid support of €30 million, the company has not seen a single cent. Nordica CEO Erki Urva describes the situation as depressing.

Cities and rural municipalities cannot use €70 million in extraordinary national investment support for already budgeted renovation and construction work, meaning projects need to be reshuffled at breakneck speed to avoid losing access to support.

The emergency situation in Estonia lasted for 66 days. We are breathing air increasingly free of restrictions for the third week. President Kersti Kaljulaid (50) takes a look back at what has been an extraordinary time at work. She believes the crisi...

France’s national Scientific Council has envisioned four likely futures for the country’s Covid-19 epidemic, from a situation where the virus remains “under control” to a “critical” health crisis. FRANCE 24 takes a look at th...

Thousands of protesters streamed into the US capital Saturday for what was expected to be the city’s largest demonstration yet against police brutality while George Floyd was remembered in his North Carolina hometown, where hundreds of mourners li...

From Sydney to London to Washington, D.C., protesters launched a weekend of action to support Black Lives Matter, in many cases defying bans on public gatherings. In Paris, at least two protests went ahead despite a ban.

French President Emmanuel Macron marked traditional Armistice Day ceremonies with the inauguration of a monument to 549 soldiers who have died in France’s military operations abroad in the period following the Algerian War.

The coronavirus is linking two worlds that often have little to do with each other: politics and science. This is creating a difficult test for scientists in Germany like virologist Christian Drosten, whose research and expertise influence government...

Germany's most famous virologist Christian Drosten has been the target of hatred and adoration. In an interview, he tells DER SPIEGEL how he is dealing with his newfound fame and what comes next in the fight against COVID-19.

A former military facility in Germany’s Mosel region served as a hub for organized crime on the internet until 650 police shut it down in a raid. The bizarre story behind the bunker that is likely to produce countless criminal cases. By DER SPIEGEL...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country's state governors have decided that if a municipality becomes a coronavirus hotspot, authorities there must intervene. But local leaders have other plans.

A vocal minority in Germany opposes the restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, including right-wing radicals, but also people at the center of society. How can the government best address the protest movement?

After years of being overrun by tourists, Amsterdam is suddenly rediscovering what life is like without visitors. The city's infamous red-light district is currently empty, and the prostitutes who work there are afraid it could stay that way.

For a time, it looked as though the crisis surrounding the coronavirus could deliver a fatal blow to the European Union. But on Monday, Paris and Berlin announced a new fund. There is still plenty of opposition to overcome. By DER SPIEGEL Staff

Hi-de-Hi campers, I am back again with a nice suntan from sitting in my garden watching the butterflies and the bees enjoying the flowers. I am growing a crop of strawberries and blackberries alongside such plants as lily of the valley and my bana...

LIKE many journalists, I’ve experienced my share of intimidation and violence simply for reporting and daring to have a voice. I’ve had guns pointed at me in Northern Ireland, I’ve been punched in the face in Scotland. I’ve had death t...

New residents have moved into Darren and Lynn Redfern’s caravan park on the edge of Dornoch’s golden beaches, a stone’s throw from the golf course and the Cathedral. “Oyster catchers have laid eggs on the gravel parking places in front o...

The COVID-19 outbreak has become a new type of challenge for the entire world. The conditions of everyday life and day-to-day business operations have fundamentally changed as countries have gone under lockdown, economies have been shut almost entire...

Hungarian building materials maker Masterplast on Friday said it established a joint venture, called Masterplast Nonwoven, to acquire a plant of German peer LHB in Aschersleben, state news wire MTI reports.

The Budapest Development Center (BFK) has launched an open public procurement procedure for a feasibility study to examine the possible route, costs, and benefits of a railway tunnel under the Danube between the Kelenföld and Nyugati railway station...

As a result of the coronavirus epidemic, in April 2020, the number of guest nights spent at commercial accommodation establishments fell by 97%, according to data released by the Central Statistical Office.

Travelers who arrive in Iceland and choose to be tested for COVID-19 at the airport, rather than going into 14-day...
The post Screening At The Border Will Be Free For Two Weeks And Then Cost 15,000 ÍSK appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Iceland’s only Michelin star restaurant Dill has struggled to cope with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, but is continuing...
The post Iceland’s Only Michelin Star Restaurant Dill Reduces Services Due To COVID-19 appeared first on Th...

An overwhelming majority of nurses have voted Yes to going on strike, The Icelandic Nurses’ Association has announced. Voter participation...
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Six airlines are currently planning to fly to Keflavík Airport starting on June 15th, RÚV reports. This was confirmed in...
The post Six Airlines Will Fly To Iceland Over The Summer appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Daily Department of Health statistics have reported one further death related to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours, while positive tests were 14, an increase of 11 on the previous reporting period.

The Marble Arch Caves celebrated its 35th anniversary last Friday, May 29, and although there were no tourists to celebrate the auspicious day, Caves Manager Kate McGrath is hoping it will not be long before they welcome people from all over to the w...

Action Mental Health (AMH) New Horizons in Enniskillen changes the lives of those living with mental ill health and promotes resilience and well-being to future generations. During the pandemic, AMH staff have continued to support their clients throu...

The Department of Health has confirmed nine more deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total death toll here to 1,678. There have been 24 additional cases with the total number of cases here now at 25,183.

In front of the US Consulate in Krakow, a small but growing memorial has been established for recent victim of
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The Polish government is easing restrictions on the COVID-19 (coronavirus) quarantine in the interests of gradually returning the country to
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Poland has instituted more stringent regulations in order to limit the spread of the deadly COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. New rules
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During the time of quarantine and social distancing in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus), many people feel isolated and helpless.
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For the first time specialized web portal Media Daily introduced the section “selection of the most popular portals from the Balkan region”, and on the list among most read internet sites is found KURIR.MK. Only three Macedonian internet ...

The Executive Committee of VMRO-DPMNE held its first session, condemning the political persecution by the government, which through judicial authorities is committed against MPs, artists, police officers and other persons whose only sin is that they ...

Matthew Nimetz, the UN mediator in the Macedonia-Greece name dispute told Greece’s state broadcaster ERT that there is no new name proposal and that he will put several ideas on the table in an upcoming meeting in New York on January 17, proposals ...

The World Organization for Social Integration has issued on its website an exclusive feature about Ohrid and Macedonia describing it as ‘the world’s capital of humanism in honor of St. Clement of Ohrid.’ Clement of Ohrid, a disciple of the sain...

Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of VMRO – DPMNE, congratulated Monday’s victory of the Macedonian handball players over the Montenegrin national team on Facebook. “Proof that with a strong will, honest approach and sacrifice everything is possib...

The government has decided to bring to shore more than 400 migrants who have been accommodated on pleasure cruises for several weeks, some from late April.A government statement said Saturday evening that the decision was taken after the situation on...

The Airline Pilot Association (ALPA) on Saturday expressed surprise at the decision taken by Air Malta to make 69 pilots redundant, saying the Covid-19 pandemic was used as a pretext for an attempt by the airline to change the pilots’ working c...

Transport vehicles and other equipment used by a logistics company was destroyed this afternoon in a fire in Zebbug.The storage yard, with several trailers, forklifters and other equipment, belongs to Attrans Limited.The fire broke out just after 2pm...

Two new Coronavirus cases were recorded yesterday, while 13 patients have recovered.This brings the total number of cases to 628, with nine deaths.In all, the number of recovered patients is now 596, with 22 active cases remaining.Yesterday the numbe...

In front of the US Consulate in Krakow, a small but growing memorial has been established for recent victim of
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The Polish government is easing restrictions on the COVID-19 (coronavirus) quarantine in the interests of gradually returning the country to
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Poland has instituted more stringent regulations in order to limit the spread of the deadly COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. New rules
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During the time of quarantine and social distancing in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus), many people feel isolated and helpless.
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President Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving the foundations of Russia's state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence.
The document lists primary dangers and military threats to Russia:
potential enemy military build-up on the territories ad...

Last month, Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) dropped by 12 percent in annual terms, the Ministry of Economy reported. The economic decline for January-February was estimated at 1.9 percent. According to the Ministry of Economy, the non-workin...

Victory Parade on Red Square will take place on June 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on May 26.
"We will do it the day when the legendary historical parade of the victors took place, when fighters who fought near Moscow and defended Le...

Russia is going to see four scenarios with the development of the coronavirus pandemic. The most probable one of them is described as push-and-pull: repeated waves of morbidity and a string of quarantines until 2021.
Experts at the international cons...

The European Union rejected any proposal to return Russia to the G7 and warned Washington that it could not independently change the rules for the group.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced that he would postpone the June G7 summit until Sep...

About 1,600 fighters of private military company (PMC) Wagner left the war zone in western Libya, Anadolu agency reports with reference to Mohammed Kununu, a representative of Libyan government forces. According to him, PMC employees involved in the...

The retired Brazilian military predicted a civil war in the country over the actions of the Federal Supreme Court, which launched an investigation against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
It goes about power abuse accusations, which the Brazilian ...

In Dagestan, more than 40 doctors died from community-acquired pneumonia and coronavirus infection, the head of the Republican Ministry of Health, Jamaludin Hajiyibragimov said.
When asked why the names of the dead doctors were not published on the o...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding DPRK leader Kim Jong-un with the Russian medal dedicated to "75 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945".
According to the Facebook page of the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang,...

Another person infected with the novel coronavirus has died in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 1,316, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, reported on Friday evening.
...

Deputy PM Raluca Turcan appreciated as "exemplary" the involvement in the past couple of months of the civil society in supporting the state authorities to help the children from the disadvantaged environments with their educa...

Another seven people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 1,315, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Friday.
These are five women and two men aged between 69 and 85....

The Ombudsman announced on Friday having requested the Ministry of Health to urgently regulate the situation of admissions to and surgeries at COVID-19 support hospitals.
She says in a press statement that she received several petition...

Rating agencies cannot ignore Romania&#39;s successful issue of bonds to the international markets and the fact that it continued to have economic growth in the first quarter of the year, the Minister of Public Finance Florin Citu t...

Another person infected with the novel coronavirus has died in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 1,316, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, reported on Friday evening.
...

Deputy PM Raluca Turcan appreciated as "exemplary" the involvement in the past couple of months of the civil society in supporting the state authorities to help the children from the disadvantaged environments with their educa...

Another seven people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 1,315, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Friday.
These are five women and two men aged between 69 and 85....

The Ombudsman announced on Friday having requested the Ministry of Health to urgently regulate the situation of admissions to and surgeries at COVID-19 support hospitals.
She says in a press statement that she received several petition...

Rating agencies cannot ignore Romania&#39;s successful issue of bonds to the international markets and the fact that it continued to have economic growth in the first quarter of the year, the Minister of Public Finance Florin Citu t...

Clashes erupted in downtown Berlin, Germany at a rally in support of US protests, as demonstrators squared off with local law enforcement. Nearly 100 people have been arrested. Read Full Article at RT.com

Officers in Seattle, Washington used stun grenades to disperse a crowd of protesters after repeatedly warning them to stop moving a barricade towards the police line. There were unconfirmed reports of tear gas use as well. Read Full Art...

Protests in Washington, DC have not flared up into riots as night descended on the town. President Donald Trump praised the ‘fantastic job’ of security services, while reporters on the ground described the mood as a ‘party.’ Rea...

Russian emergency services have collected more than 700 tons of dirty water and fuel and decontaminated an area of some 14,600 square meters, in clean-up efforts after a major diesel spillage at an Arctic power plant. Read Full Article ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, got the opposite of a red-carpet welcome when he turned up at a protest against police brutality in his own city, with the crowd chanting “resign” and “shame,” forcing him to flee. Read ...

LIKE many journalists, I’ve experienced my share of intimidation and violence simply for reporting and daring to have a voice. I’ve had guns pointed at me in Northern Ireland, I’ve been punched in the face in Scotland. I’ve had death t...

New residents have moved into Darren and Lynn Redfern’s caravan park on the edge of Dornoch’s golden beaches, a stone’s throw from the golf course and the Cathedral. “Oyster catchers have laid eggs on the gravel parking places in front o...

Boris Johnson will make a key speech on rebuilding Britain's economy in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, amid growing concern that he does not have an effective strategy for preventing a second peak of the virus.

More than half of Czechs (57 percent) who were planning holidays abroad
have cancelled their plans due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to
the results of a poll conducted by the company Fair Credit. Those who do
plan to go abroad will most ofte...

Hungarian, Czech, Austrian, and Slovakian citizens are allowed to travel to each otherʼs countries without restrictions starting today, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Facebook.
Published: Friday, June 5, 2...

Ljubljana - Janez Kocijančič, the long-serving Slovenian sports official who most recently served as the head of the European Olympic Committees, has died after a long illness at the age of 78, the Slovenian Olympic Committee (OKS) said on Monday.

Ljubljan - Dejan Židan resigned on Thursday as the president of the opposition Social Democrats (SD), and the SD presidency appointed MEP and SD vice-president Tanja Fajon interim head until the next electoral congress.

Ljubljana - The government has planned measures worth over EUR 6 billion as part of three stimulus packages to mitigate the ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic. The first two laws, passed in April, focussed on providing urgent aid to business and ...

Ljubljana - The coronavirus epidemic in Slovenia will have officially lasted 80 days, from 12 March to 31 May. It has had an unprecedented impact on society and economy, as evident from key indicators measuring the pulse of society.

A NURSE with coronavirus who rang her distraught family to say goodbye as she entered intensive care - in case she did not survive - was given a guard of honour by hospital staff and neighbours when she was discharged this week.

Ground control to Captain Tom: commencing countdown, fundraisers on. Oh yes, the old boy done good and managed to go ‘viral’. We Brits love an underdog, generally of a sporting persuasion - I refer you to Eddie of the Eagle and Frank of the Br...

Hi-de-Hi campers, I am back again with a nice suntan from sitting in my garden watching the butterflies and the bees enjoying the flowers. I am growing a crop of strawberries and blackberries alongside such plants as lily of the valley and my bana...

Demonstrations and processions denouncing police violence and racism took place in several Swiss cities on Saturday, including a 5,000-strong gathering in Basel. Demonstrators in the northwest city carried posters bearing slogans such as “Black li...

This year’s edition of the world’s biggest art fair, initially rescheduled until September due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has now been cancelled altogether. “We had hoped to contribute to the recovery of the art market through a successful fair...

Geneva’s famous “jet d’eau” is to start up again next Thursday, after being shut down since March 20 to protect its maintenance workers from Covid-19. The shutdown was also meant to “incarnate” the authorities’ health recommendations...

Swiss prosecutors have opened an investigation into a suspected money laundering scandal involving loans to state-owned companies in Mozambique which plunged the southern African country into debt crisis. Confirming an earlier report in the NZ...

Switzerland will lift coronavirus-imposed restrictions at its borders with all European Union and EFTA countries – and the United Kingdom – from June 15. The announcement, made on Friday, follows a previous decision that borders with ...

A Bexleyheath mum and her disabled son had to delete Facebook during lockdown because it grew too hard seeing pictures of other kids playing in the park, and the pair are now fundraising to install a hoist to allow him to enjoy the garden.

Zarif’s denunciation was a rare move by a member of the Iranian executive branch. It can be considered a tactical response by Tehran, which is displeased with New Delhi's growing closeness with Washington’s line against Iran.

On Saturday (June 6) hundreds of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter movement marched through Kingston like many thousands of others around the UK and the world demanding racial justice and an end to police brutality.